Mattress.



l vi hi eases F. KARE.

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APPLICATION FIL n 18, 1908.

908,273. Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

anvautoz A i E T" ERANGIE KARE, OF HOLLALND, MIGEIGM.

MARTRESS.

No. eeeaea.

' Specification of Letters Eatent.

ilheitented Dec. ea, 1808.

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.B it knows that l, me K R M Citisen the nited St e s d g at i olland,in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Mattresses, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in bed mattresses, and otherkindred articles, and its objects are: First, to provide a cotton tilledbed mattress, pillow, cushion or other like article which will have andretain the property of conforming to. the form that is lying upon it andthat will immediately resume its normal position'as soon as an 0i)- jectis removed from it. Second, to provide a mattress of the kind mentionedthat will he sell renovating, changing the air through its entirefilling Whenever it is compressed and allowed to resume its normal form,or, in other words, whenever a person lies down upon, or arises from it.Third, to provide a means for securing the springs that are used for thepurposes hereinbet'ore mentioned so that they will he firmly heldagainst the danger of twisting or crawling out of position. Fourth, toso protect the springs as to avert the danger, first of the severallayers coming in contact with each other and making a disagreeable orgrating sound as they are compressed or expanded, and second, or any ofthe several springs being nerceivahle through the intervening filling.Fifth, to provide a mattress of the kind stated that will retain itsnormal shape at all times when not occupied or oompressed by a person orobject lying upon it, and, sixth, to sroyide a mate tress that may befolded crosswise, length wise or otherwise, I attain these objects hythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanyinggdrawing, in which .r'igure1 IS a perspective of a mattress out in two longitudinally to show theposition of actuating springs. Fig. 2 is a plan several of sprangsremoved atrorn the mattress to show the manner of securing thorn turningas pressure is brought upon them. 'S'is an end yiew of the ripper oftwoaoljace'nt springs showing the manner of securing them together, outon the line to w of Fig. 2.

iiniiar letters refer to similar 'parts throughout the several views.

This mattress is made like any orrlinary cotton, hair or other fibermattress having a woven fabric tick or cover A and a tiller or eir fi sB e pt tha a large number of very pliable, and, at the same time, veryresilient springs, as C, are placed between two layers of the fiber, asindicated in Fig. l, Which'springs must be snfiiciently pliable to ul yqome s da ge r ss bil t of being perceptible through the fabric fiber flling B, and siniiciently elastic toin mediately force the fabric of themattress to normal position and form as soon as any resistance thereonis removed. lhere must be a sulficient number oit'these 5. rings inmattress or pillow to fill. the ength and width ofthe mattress to aboutthe proportional extent that is shown in Fi 1. Zll eir interior coilsmust he so formed that they will readily slip by each other withouttouching, and the end coils must not be large enough to allow them to bethrown upon edge so that their presence may be detected by any personlying upon the mattress or pillow, and the terminal coils of the springportion of the mattress should be drawn t g h bo at h ends a d i s 2 thespring structure, as shown to the right and left of Fig. 1, so that theends and sides of v the fabric gortion B of the mattress may he built np sqnare, and he made to retain its form without danger ,ot hrealringdown with constant use,

To insure the two necessary elements in. the syring structure, namely,perfect ad: instability and noiseiessness, and to render them capable ofbeing readily and securely bound toget r at h neeessary Points, "i i ymal u hig y se i s te pe ed wire formed int-o as hat a eoil strneturepossible for the work to he sustained by them, and cover them with anysnitalple fa or other e te ies, s igs. 2 and 8.

G represents the metal spring and t} represents its covering, which .iprefer to have cover the entire serl ace of? the Wire,

though, it preferred, it may made to cover only such portion at theupper and lower coils of the wire as are brought immediate contact andare bound together. "to secure these spring coils together h cords withwhich they are bound together are gassed through the covering 6, asindicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, and, prefen ahly hack again, asindioateelloy these rows in 3, and then wound firmly around bothadjacent "wires and the so s ring, indieated the windings at lid sidesof the coils, as shown at E E in Fig.

.With the terminal coils of the springs.

2, in such a way that no rotary or twisting motion can possibly be madeby the coils, no matter what weightmay be placed, or motions made uponthe surface of the mattress or pillow. I

in Fig. 1 I have indicated the filling B of the mattress as made oflaminated cotton, or its equivalent, and it maybe readily understoodthat when weight is laced upon the surface of the mattress sufficient toforce the springs downward so that the inner surfaces of the fillingapproach closely to each other, all the air in the space formed by thespring structure will be forced out of the mattress through everyportion of the fabric filling, and when the weight is removed and themattress resumes its normal form, air must be forcibly drawn througheyery-portion of said filling, thus changing thcair in and throughoutthe mattress every time it is compressed, or expands to assume itsnormal form, and keeping the mattress thoroughly ventilated or aeratedwithout any exertion on the part of those havin it in charge.

In Fig. 2 l haveshown, at C' the most desirable way of securing the endsof the wire from which thesprings are made, which consists of loopingthe covered ends of the wire around, and interweaving iit us form ofsecuring the ends is especially ad'- vantageous as-it secures the endsof the covering so that there is no danger of Its sliding on the wireand allowing the wire to become bare, but when very small wire is usedthe ends may be bared, and wrapped around the terminal coils, asindicated at 'C". I have found that it is possible to cover the wires ofwhich this spring construction is made with a fabric covering ofsufficient strength so that the terminal coils of the springs may bestitched together, especially it the stitching is made to enwrap theWires inside of the covering by alternate stitching, as'indicated by thearrows in Fig. 3, so that it will not be necessary to wind the stitchingmaterial around the coils, as shown at D on Fig; 2, though it is not assatisfactory as the salami winding.

What l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent theUnited States, is:

l. The combination in mattress construc tion, with the ticlr, and theupper and lower surface construction, the opposite surface coils at theends and sides of the spring con- .struction drawn together and securedto form a thin wedglng edge construction around the spring construction,and pliable filling inserted to build up 'a square edged mattress.

' 2. In mattress construction, a tick, a layer of filling adjacent toeach side of the tick, a spring construction forming an air spacebetween the layers of filling, said spring construction made of a'seriesof small'spiral springs, a covering on each of said springs, a cordpassed through said coverin on adjoining portions of the springs anfirmly wrapped'around the adjoining end coils to form a firm surfaceconstruction, and the u per and lower coils at the ends and sides or thespring construction drawn together and secured in like manner to form awedging edge around the spring construction.

31. In mattress construction, a sprin construction formed of a series ofsmal covered spiral springs, cords passed through the covering on the srings at adjoining oints and firmly wounr around the two adoining coilsof the springs, the upper and lower coils of the springs at the ends andsides of the spring construction drawn toether and secured in likemanner, and corals firmly secured lengthwise of the spring con cordspassed through and around the covering at adjacent points to secure thesurface coils of the springs together and to secure the sides andends ofthe 5 ring construction to form wedge shaped gas, and bracing cordssecured between adjacent coils of the springs and extending the lengthoi the sprin construction, I

5. nspring construction for hollow mattresses, a series of small spiralsprings, a suitable covcrin over each of said springs, cords passedthrough the cover-in s and firmly wound aroundthe up er an lower coilsof the adjacent springs lii'mly securing them together to form the upperand lower surtaws at a spring, construction, and urea 'in Fcords'firmly. secured to the adjacent shown and described.

6. in a. spring construction tor hollon mattresses, a series of smallspiral springs Signed at Grand Rapids Michigan May havin a firm coveringover each spring and Y 13, 1908. the adjacent terminal ends of saidspring construction firmly stitched together to form FRANCIS KARE 5 fiatsurfaces, and the ends and edges of the In presence ofconstructionsecured to form a Wedge shaped ITHIEL J. CILLEY,

border to the construction. FRED R. JEAN.

